Viktoriya Grishkina

OperationsAccounting

Technology

Financial Analyst

A Link Between Finance and Technology

• Accounting

• Finance

• Tax

• Audit

• Technology/Programming

My Background

My Background – cont’d

Accounting

Technology

Finance

1. BS in accounting

2. MS in Taxation

3. Experience in Tax, Audit,

and Accounting

4. At CAI Logistics I was in

charge of full accounting

cycle

5. Reconciliation data during

new software

implementation and

software change

1. Experience in Financial

Analysis

2. SQL Query

3. Tableau Software

4. Power Point Presentation

1. Experience in new

technology implementation

2. Testing Software to make

sure that processes are

implemented correctly and

financial statements are not

distorted

3. Train staff new procedures

and new technologies

4. Completed a Coding

Bootcamp to learn more

about technology

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My Background - Accounting

• BS in Accounting and MS in Taxation, CPA

• Experience in audit, tax, accounting, and financial analysis

• Was in charge of full accounting cycle and a lead for AP and AR

teams

• Extensive experience in reconciling data and accounts during

system change and business consolidation process

• Knowledge and application of GAAP and internal control

practices and techniques

• Familiar with governmental accounting (took elective course at

the university)

My Background - Finance

• Performed financial statement analysis

• Using Tableau Software, MS Access, and SQL queries, built

financial reports for upper management

• Proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel (pivot tables, macro

recording, charts, etc.)

• Developed instructions for reporting processes

• Prepared presentations for management

My Background - Technology

• Experience building SQL queries

• Was in charge of software validation

• Tested the system using different scenarios to make sure that all invoices

were recorded correctly, mathematical calculations were accurate, and

integration process between accounting and operational systems was

complete

• Collected application errors, submitted tickets with detailed descriptions of

the problem, communicated tasks to software development team, and

reviewed tickets once the issues were fixed. As a result, the system was

released for production, and financial statements were reconciled without

application errors.

• Prepared instructions for staff for new processes and technologies

• Completed a Coding Bootcamp to learn more about technologies

My Background – Professional Development

• Completed UW Coding Bootcamp to learn more about

technology, as I see a trend of merging finance and

technology fields

• Take online classes and courses, for example on

Udemy.com, to learn different aspects of finance and

technology (for example, I just started Data Science course

on Udemy.com).

• Excited about opportunities to grow and learn new skills